"Spring Pleasures"

Follow by Email

Purchase My Artwork

"Wings Of Glass"

I am a full time artist living in Orlando Fl, with my husband and our family of 2 Shih Tzus.
Nature Scapes in acrylic are among my favorite things to paint and this blog will show the progress of my works in their different stages. Many of my paintings are created using multiple canvases to create a sculptural affect. If you have any questions you would like me to answer about my work or techniques, please let me know and I will be happy to blog about it.
I am also a busy jewelry artist and will be posting photos of finished pieces of interest.
I'll also be including lots of garden photos and other inspirational pictures along the way.

Me & Chris

The 3 Shih Tzus

Chris & I at Celebrations Gallery, Pomfret CT

"Monarchy"

Click to visit my ETSY shop

"Dark Forest"

Click to visit my ESTY shop

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Special Delivery

Look what the mail man brought me on Friday, the Emu egg for the bride's box. I ordered two actually, both with horizontal cuts. One however has a curved horizontal cut and I feel is more visually attractive for the project I'll be working on, so that is the one I decided to go with. The other I'll paint and put in my ETSY shop. I'm so excited about painting this box that I want to have a whole new jewelry box section in my ETSY shop. Emu eggs are very large and also very sturdy and an abolute pleasure to work with. They measure a good5 1/2" tall and about 10 1/2" around the fattest part of the egg, making it perfect for a jewelry box.

The egg itself has a lovely, deep, almost black green color to the outside of the shell. The surface of these eggs are quite textured which in this case has made my task a bit harder and I've had to alter my plans a bit. I'll tell you how and why I did that in my next post when I show the finished box. As you can see, the inside has been blown out and you can see the hinge in this photo, that holds the two sides together. I'll be lining the box with fabric on the inside so it will not look quite like the above when it is done.

What an interesting colored egg! I wonder how they cut the shell so neatly. They must have used a laser or some other kind of precision instrument. I wonder who raises enough emus to collect shells to sell? There's actually an ostrich farm in NJ but I haven't even heard of anyone raising emus.

Ki, it is a beautiful colored and textured egg. It has a very sturdy and strong shell too, which makes it a pleasure to work with. Yes, the lady that cuts those eggs,has to be very precise. Let me tell you too..both eggs are beautifully cut. Lots of skill involved in that .